"He probably wants to witness the end of the mistake he made due to a momentary lapse of judgment."

"You mean... he wants to watch Director Qi die here?" Weiwei's tone fluctuated greatly, but she seemed more shocked by the matter than doubtful.

The top priority now is to determine the old院长 (yuanzhang, director) 's cause of death.

Dying of natural causes and being killed by a ghost are completely different, and represent different attitudes from the ghost.

From the ghost's attitude towards the old院长 (yuanzhang, director), they can deduce many subtle differences.

"You guys take care of things here, I'll go investigate what exactly happened to Xiang Nan's family," Huai Yi said, standing up naturally.

The most crucial thing now is time. Judging from the progress of the case, the time limit for this mission seems even more pressing than they thought.

"I'll go with you." Cao Yang stood up, casually grabbed the coat draped over the back of his chair, and was about to leave, but...

A hand landed on his shoulder. Cao Yang turned around and saw Huai Yi's face. "No need," Huai Yi said, "I can go by myself this time."

Hearing this, Cao Yang's eyes widened slightly, his face filled with disbelief.

Cao Yang, who had personally experienced the dangers of missions, knew very well that the eeriness here was beyond words.

A moment of carelessness, and they could end up like Li Kaifeng and Du Feng.

In this environment, everyone tried their best to stick together.

And if he remembered correctly, when they first arrived in this world, Huai Yi had very formally said that everyone should stay together and not separate.

But now, how could he...?

"Cao Yang, you stay with us," Jiang Cheng said, patting his clothes as he stood up. "Huai Yi is experienced, and it's easier for him to move around alone."

It was obvious that Cao Yang had a good impression of Huai Yi and was worried about him being alone and getting into trouble.

"Take care." After nodding to everyone, Huai Yi left alone.

Jiang Cheng knew that he must have some means that he didn't want to reveal in front of everyone.

This was definitely not the mindset and means that someone who had only been through one Nightmare Assault (噩梦惊袭) should have. At least, Huai Yi wasn't telling the truth about how familiar he was with Nightmares.

Moreover, Jiang Cheng clearly felt that Huai Yi had noticed him.

But there was nothing he could do about it.

After all, if he didn't stir things up in the team, the mission would progress too slowly, and more people might die.

What Jiang Cheng was relatively satisfied with was that Huai Yi wasn't like some of the older players he had encountered before, who would use their teammates' lives to test the waters.

Otherwise, Jiang Cheng raised his head and looked towards the door... he wouldn't have allowed him to live until now.

This time, because Lin Wan'er was present, Jiang Cheng's attitude was much more proper.

After Huai Yi left, he naturally became the core of the remaining group.

"Mr. Jiang," Weiwei asked in a very soft voice, "What should we do next?"

"Go to the morgue," Jiang Cheng answered decisively.

"Now?" Yu Yu's face looked a little pale. Not long ago, she was still a college student who liked to watch dramas in her free time, and the sudden change in identity had not allowed her to adapt.

Lin Wan'er tilted her head and glanced out the window, reminding them, "If we don't go now, we'll have to wait until night."

"We... we can wait until tomorrow to go," Wang Changguo seemed nervous, blinking more frequently than before. "Let's figure out what's going on in the hospital today first..."

"I'm afraid it's too late," Jiang Cheng shook his head.

"Mr. Jiang," Cao Yang looked at Jiang Cheng and asked curiously, "Have you discovered something?"

Withdrawing his gaze, Jiang Cheng looked at everyone's slightly apprehensive expressions, took a breath, and said, "Remember the time limit that Director Qi gave us?"

Yu Yu's expression changed. "He said... he only gave us three days, no no!" She immediately corrected herself, "It's two days!"

But that was what he said yesterday.

"Now if you count... there's only one day left." A rare melancholy aura permeated Jiang Cheng's face, and his brows furrowed slightly.

There was something he hadn't told everyone yet.

He had his own speculation about this mission. Everyone's previous focus had been on finding the truth, but they had overlooked the mission itself.

The reason they were here, from the worldview background of this world, was because the ghost wanted to kill Director Qi, so he hired them at a high price to protect himself.

So, in this mission, protecting Director Qi's safety...

More precisely, keeping him alive, preventing him from dying, was the most important thing!

After all, if the employer died, then the mission would naturally fail.

This had nothing to do with whether or not they solved the ghost problem.

This was a race against time. If the ghost killed Director Qi first, then even if they later found out the truth or dealt with the ghost, it would be of no avail.

And the time, Director Qi had already given it.

Three days!

They only had three days.

Director Qi's three days definitely weren't given casually. It should be the final deadline for the vengeful ghost to come and claim his life.

Once the time was up, no one could save him.

And now... Jiang Cheng tilted his head and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, the second hand moving forward tick by tick. At most, they only had 30 hours left.

But now, there were still many things they hadn't figured out.

But there was nothing they could do about it. They had been dragged into this too suddenly, he hadn't prepared himself, and most of his teammates were ordinary people with little experience.

"I'll stay and guard the room." Seeing that everyone was about to go out again, Wang Changguo said preemptively, "There are too many uncertainties around here. If we don't leave someone to guard it, I'm worried..."

Jiang Cheng gave him a cold look. This was a guy who only cared about saving his own life. Last time, he was the one who took the lead in saying they shouldn't go and save people.

Being stared at by Jiang Cheng's gaze, Wang Changguo, who was already feeling guilty, subconsciously swallowed, but it seemed he was still going to insist on staying.

For an old fox like him who had been navigating society for decades, losing face was nothing. If he was really afraid of losing face, he wouldn't be holding conferences every day, tricking old people into buying his inferior health products.

In a place like this, saving his life was the most important thing.

What did face matter?

Thinking about it, Wang Changguo actually straightened his back and met Jiang Cheng's gaze with a seemingly confident look, a sneer tugging at the corner of his mouth.

How old was this young man in front of him? He had been led by him last time, but that was because of the circumstances. But now... to say he was going to the morgue, was he crazy?

Just listening to it made it sound like something bad was going to happen.

Moreover, he strongly suspected that Huai Yi and Jiang Cheng had some collusion behind the scenes. The two of them were singing a duet, seemingly discussing the case, but who knew what was really going on?

Maybe they knew each other before and had already found a way to leave this place, but they needed someone to test the waters.

Heh, he could fool these young people, but he couldn't fool him!